I would love to be able to program a word or phrase that i could say when my headphones are on that would activate Siri rather than holding down the play/pause button.

The other day i was carrying a guitar in one hand and an umbrella in the other when i got a text message. I love the fact that i didn't have to get my phone out of my pocket but i ended up hitting myself in the head with my umbrella while trying to activate Siri from the headphones.

I would love to be able to program a word or phrase that i could say when my headphones are on that would activate Siri rather than holding down the play/pause button.

The other day i was carrying a guitar in one hand and an umbrella in the other when i got a text message. I love the fact that i didn't have to get my phone out of my pocket but i ended up hitting myself in the head with my umbrella while trying to activate Siri from the headphones.

anyone else have a similar story?

I am sure this is coming. This company makes hardware and software for hands free activation and the demo is quite cool.http://sensoryinc.com/

We just need Apple to license it or buy the company.

PS, I think they have planned for this because the name Siri is both easy to say and original enough to not get triggered in normal speech.

I feel like something like that should be available at some point, the only problem is battery life. You'd have to have something activated and listening ALL the time. From an engineering standpoint it'd be difficult to make it feasible while remaining practical on battery. Either way, that'd be awesome. I'm more excited to think that in a few months I'm sure they're going to have a feature on the iTunes store where you can change the voice of Siri much like with Garmin you can change the voice telling you where to turn. I would pay HUNDREDS of $$$ to make Siri sound like C-3PO!

I would love to be able to program a word or phrase that i could say when my headphones are on that would activate Siri rather than holding down the play/pause button.

The other day i was carrying a guitar in one hand and an umbrella in the other when i got a text message. I love the fact that i didn't have to get my phone out of my pocket but i ended up hitting myself in the head with my umbrella while trying to activate Siri from the headphones.

anyone else have a similar story?

It would be nice but that means the phone is constantly monitoring what you're saying in case you want to activiate Siri. I feel like the iPhone 4S' battery would suffer more than normal.

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It would be great and I have thought about this before. The problem is I see in this is battery life since it would always be listening for Siri. Since I have Siri enabled when my phone is unlocked that would make it better if it listened when the phone is unlocked.

Guys, look at the link I posted above. Sensory makes a IC chip and software that does this. Since it is not using the main processor, it can be done using far less energy.

Still, you'd possibly have to have a pretty unique activation phrase or everyone saying Hello Siri would be controlling each other's phones. I think it seems like a button press, whether on the handset or on headphones is going to be the most trouble free solution.

Alternatively, there could possibly be a "Siri listening mode" that you could enable if you were say working on your car and needed to be totally hands free to get specific information...

For most of the things I use Siri for, my phone is in the locked state to begin with. I want to lie down on the couch and yell, "Siri, wake me up in 15 minutes" and Siri does it, and if the volume is too low, I want Siri to turn it up.

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Still, you'd possibly have to have a pretty unique activation phrase or everyone saying Hello Siri would be controlling each other's phones. I think it seems like a button press, whether on the handset or on headphones is going to be the most trouble free solution.

That is a potential problem. Perhaps it would be possible for it to recognize it's owner's speech well enough to not answer to the wrong person.

This is when jailbreak comes in handy until Apple implements something. While there is no jailbreak tweak yet to do voice activation, one can still use Activator to make activation easier than holding the home button. I cannot wait for jailbreak to be released!

the main problem would be the battery life. my galaxy s2 had an option for you to say a phrase to activate the voice control. i turned it on and 6 hours later had lost most of my battery when i can normally get at least 2 days. with that being said it could be a good option if the phone was charging in the car or something.

Siri should absolutely be voice activated. This would bring us one step closer to Star Trek.

But more seriously, I'm working with a client who is a quadriplegic and she is really excited about the possibilities of a voice activated phone/device, but Siri just isn't to the point of being practical for her (yet).